CHENNAI PUBLIC SCHOOL

PHYSICS WORKSHEET Class: 12

ELECTROSTATICS

1. Two equal balls having equal positive charge ‘q’ coulombs are suspended by two insulating strings of
equal length. What would be the effect on the force when a plastic sheet is inserted
between the two? (2M)
2. A point charge Q is placed at point O as shown in the figure. Is the potential difference VA –
VB positive, negative or zero, if Q is
(i) positive
(ii) negative?

(2M)
3. Two thin concentric shells of radii r1 and r2 (r2 > r1) have charges q1 and q2. Write the expression for the
potential at the surface of inner and outer shells. (2M)
4. Figure shows three point charges, +2q, -q and + 3q. Two charges +2q and -q are enclosed within a
surface ‘S’. What is the electric flux due to this configuration through the surface ‘S’.

(2M)

5. (i) Name the physical quantity whose S.I. unit is JC-1. Is it a scalar or a vector quantity?
(ii) A charge ‘q’ is placed at the centre of a cube of side l. What is the electric flux passing through
each face of the cube? (2M)
6. Two charges of magnitudes – 2Q and + Q are located at points (a, 0) and (4a,0) respectively.
What is the electric flux due to these charges through a sphere of radius ‘3a’ with its centre at the
origin? (2M)
7. Show on a plot the nature of variation of the
 Electric field (E) and
 potential (V), of a (small) electric dipole with the distance (r) of the field point from the
centre of the dipole. (2M)
8. Draw a plot showing variation of electric field with distance from the centre of a solid
conducting sphere of radius R, having a charge of +Q on its surface. (2M)
9. A spherical conducting shell of inner radius r1 and outer radius r2 has a charge ‘Q’. A charge ‘q’ is
placed at the centre of the shell.
(a) What is the surface charge density on the
(i) inner surface,
(ii) outer surface of the shell? (2M)
10. Depict the orientation of the dipole in
16. (a) stable,
(b) unstable equilibrium in a uniform electric field. (2M)
11. An electric dipole of dipole moment p is placed in a uniform electric field E. Obtain the
17. expression for the torque τ experienced by the dipole. Identify two pairs of perpendicular vectors in
the expression. (2M)
12. A charge q is enclosed by a spherical surface of radius R. If the radius is reduced to half, how would
18. the electric flux through the surface change? (2M)

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 13. A sphere S1 of radius r1 encloses a net charge Q. If there is another concentric sphere S 2 of radius r2 (r2 >
19. r,) enclosing charge 2Q, find the ratio of the electric flux through S 1 and S2. How will the electric flux
through sphere S1 change if a medium of dielectric constant K is introduced in the space inside S2 in
place of air?

(2M)
14. An electric dipole is placed in a uniform electric field E with its dipole moment p parallel to the
20. field.Find
(i) the work done in turning the dipole till its dipole moment points in the direction opposite to E.
(ii) the orientation of the dipole for which the torque acting on it becomes maximum. (2M)
15. Two point charges, q 1 = 10 × 10 -8
C, q 2 = -2 × 10 -8
C are separated by a distance of 60 cm in air.
21.
(i)
Find at what distance from the 1st charge, q1 would the electric potential be zero.

16. Two point charges 4Q, Q are separated by Im in air. At what point on the line joining the
22. charges is the electric field intensity zero?
Also calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the system of charges, taking the value of charge,
Q = 2 × 10-7C. (3M)
17. An electric dipole is held in a uniform electric field.
24. (i) Show that the net force acting on it is zero.
(ii) The dipole is alligned parallel to the field. Find the work done in rotating it through the angle of
180°. (3M)
18. (a) Obtain an expression for the electric field due to an infinitely long straight conductor of linear charge
density λ using Gauss’s law.
(b) A wire AB of length L has linear charge density λ = kx, where x is measured from the end A of the
wire. This wire is enclosed by a Gaussian hollow surface. Find the expression for the
electric flux through this surface. (3M)
19. Using Gauss’s law, derive the expression for the electric field at a point
(i) outside and
(ii) inside a uniformly charged thin spherical shell. Draw a graph showing electric field E as a function
of distance from the centre. (3M)
20. Define electric dipole moment. Is it a scalar or a vector? Derive the expression for the electric field of a
dipole at a point on the equatorial plane of the dipole. (3M)
21. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics. Derive an expression for the electric field due to an infinitely long
straight uniformly charged wire. (3M)
22. a) Define electric flux. Write its S.I. units.
(b) Using Gauss’s law, prove that the electric field at a point due to a uniformly charged infinite plane
sheet is independent of the distance from it.
(c) How is the field directed if
(i) the sheet is positively charged,
(ii) negatively charged? (3M)

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23. Two point charges + 3q and – 4q are placed at the vertices ‘B’ and ‘C’ of an equilateral triangle ABC
of side ‘a’ as given in the figure. Obtain the expression for

(i) the magnitude and

(ii) the direction of the resultant electric field at the vertex A due to these two charges. (3M)
24. (a) Derive an expression for the electric field E due to a dipole of length ‘2a’ at a point distant r from
the centre of the dipole on the axial line.
(b) Draw a graph of E versus r for r >> a.
(c) If this dipole were kept in a uniform external electric field diagrammatically represent the position of
the dipole in stable and unstable equilibrium and write the expressions for the torque acting on the dipole
in both the cases. (5M)